[laconic]

Just what are the charges, Mr. Red Diaper Baby Bernstein, son of dedicated Communists? You need charges before you start pontificating on penalties.

[Jacquerie]

<> You need charges before you start pontificating on penalties.<>

Yes, in a Constitutional republic. In totalitarian regimes the state identifies the criminal and comes up with the felony charges later on.

We are at a crossroads. Who will go to prison? The criminals or the innocent?

[Westbrook]

"Покажи мне этого человека, и я покажу тебе преступление." "Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime." - Lavrentiy Beria, head of Joseph Stalin’s secret police

[chickenlips]

It doesn’t matter who it is or what the charges are. When the Uranium One deal started to come out someone had to be charged and fast. Weinstein was no longer enough of a diversion. A new fire had to be lit in the corner to distract from the raging inferno about to engulf the building. Mueller had to change the narrative back to the Trump or someone that can be linked to him. Mueller files on Friday and immediately there is a leak, giving the MSM a subject and some time to fan up speculation and get control of the narrative.

[Verginius Rufus]

Bernstein probably knows no more than anyone else about who will be indicted and on what charges, but by speculating that the person might get 40 or 50 years in prison he gets a lot of attention.